State policy may regularize illegal buildings in Navi Mumbai's Digha village

Acting advocate advocate general Anil Singh on Monday informed the Bombay high court that the state government is considering framing a policy for regularizing illegal constructions in Digha village in Navi MumbaiTNN | October 13, 2015, 12:00 IST

Under the new policy, the state government has raised the FSI permissible develop ment on a plot -for the IT industry by 200 per cent over the base FSI.MUMBAI: Acting advocate general Anil Singh on Monday informed the Bombay high court that the state government is considering framing a policy for regularizing illegal constructions in Digha village in Navi Mumbai.

A bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka heard a plea filed by residents of Pandurang Apartment seeking relief from demolition.

To the bench’s query about illegal constructions on public property, Singh replied that not all are situated on them. “We have still not decided,” he said. The high court said the state must make its stand clear in an affidavit.